HYMN 61
PRAISE TO THE HOLIEST IN THE HEIGHT
[1]
Praise to the Holiest in the height,
And in the depth be praise:
In all Hiss words most wonderful;
Most sure in all His ways.
[2]
O loving wisdom of our God!
When all was sin and shame,
A second Adam to the fight,
And to the rescue came.
[3]
O wisest love! That flesh and blood
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe,
Should strive and should prevail.
[4]
And that a higher gift than grace
Should flesh and blood refine,
God’s presence, and His very self
And essence all-divine.
[1]
To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.
Refrain
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father,
Through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory
Great things He has done.
[2]
O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
[3]
Great things He has thought us, great things He has done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer and higher and greater will be
Our wonder, our rapture, when Jesus we see.
HYMN 63
ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESU'S NAME
[1]
All hail the power of Jesu's name!
Let angels prostrate fall,
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord of all.
[2]
Crown him ye morning stars of light,
Who launched this floating ball;
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
And crown him Lord of all.
[3]
Crown him ye martyrs of our God,
Who from his altar call;
Of Jesse’s stem extol the Rod,
And crown him Lord of all.
[4]
Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail him, who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.
[5]
Hail him ye heirs of David’s line,
Whom David Lord did call,
The God incarnate, Man divine
And crown him Lord of all
[1]
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee,
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty,
God in Three Persons; blessed Trinity!
[2]
Holy, holy, holy, all the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea,
Cherubim and Seraphim falling down before Thee,
Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.
[3]
Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see,
Only Thou art holy, there is none before Thee,
Perfect in power, in love and purity!
[4]
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name, in earth and sky and sea:
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty,
God in Three Persons; blessed Trinity!
HYMN 65
PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
[1]
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
They shall prosper that love Thee
Peace be within Thy walls
And prosperity within Thy palaces
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
HYMN 66
HOW SWEET THE NAME OF JESUS SOUNDS
[1]
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In the believer’s ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.
[2]
It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
‘Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.
[3]
Dear name! the Rock on which I build,
My shield, and hiding place,
My never-failing treasury filled
With boundless stores of grace!
[4]
Jesus my Shepherd, Husband, Friend
My Prophet, Priest and King;
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring.
Weak is the effort of my heart,
[5]
And cold my warmest thought;
But when I see Thee as Thou art
I’ll praise Thee as I ought.
Till then I would Thy love proclaim,
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy name
Refresh my soul in death.
[1]
Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.
[2]
'Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,
And Grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear,
The hour I first believed.
[3]
Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come
.'Tis Grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And Grace will lead me home.
[4]
The Lord has promised good to me.
His Word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
HYMN 68
AND CAN IT BE THAT I SHOULD GAIN
[1]
And can it be that I should gain
An interest in the Savior’s blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain—
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be,
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
[2]
’Tis mystery all: th’Immortal dies:
Who can explore His strange design?
In vain the firstborn seraph tries
To sound the depths of love divine.
’Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,
Let angel minds inquire no more.
[3]
He left His Father’s throne above
So free, so infinite His grace—
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam’s helpless race:
’Tis mercy all, immense and free,
For O my God, it found out me!
[4]
Long my imprisoned spirit lay,
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray—
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
HYMN 69
AT EVEN ERE THE SUN WAS SET
[1]
At even ere the sun was set,
The sick, O Lord, around Thee lay;
O in what divers pains they met!
O with what joy they went away!
[2]
Once more ‘tis eventide, and we,
Oppressed with various ills, draw near;
What if Thy form we cannot see?
We know and feel that Thou art here.
[3]
O Saviour Christ, our woes dispel;
For some are sick, and some are sad,
And some have never loved Thee well
And some have lost the love they had.
[4]
And some have found the world is vain,
Yet from the world they break not free;
And some have friends, who give them pain,
Yet have not sought a friend in Thee.
HYMN 70
A FEW MORE YEARS SHALL ROLL
[1]
A few more years shall roll,
A few more seasons come,
And we shall be with those that rest
Asleep within the tomb;
Refrain
Then, O my Lord, prepare
My soul for that great day.
O wash me in Thy precious blood,
And take my sins away.
[2]
A few more suns shall set
O'er these dark hills of time,
And we shall be where suns are not
A far serener clime:
[3]
A few more storms shall beat
On this wild rocky shore,
And we shall be where tempests cease,
And surges swell no more;
[4]
A few more struggles here,
A few more partings o'er,
A few more toils, a few more tears,
And we shall weep no more:
[1]
God sent His son, they call Him Jesus;
He came to love, heal and forgive,
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there to prove,
My Saviour lives
Chorus
Because He live, I can face tomorrow
Because He live, all fear is gone
And now I know, He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives
[2]
And then one day, I’ll cross the river;
I’ll fight life’s final war with pain,
And when death gives way to victory
I’ll see the light of glory
And I’ll know He lives
HYMN 72
Christian, seek not yet repose
[1]
Christian, seek not yet repose,
Cast thy dreams of ease away;
Thou art in the midst of foes;
“Watch and pray.”
[2] Principalities and powers,
Mustering their unseen array,
Wait for thy unguarded hours;
“Watch and pray.”
[3] Gird thy heavenly armor on,
Wear it ever night and day;
Ambushed lies the evil one;
“Watch and pray.”
[4] Hear the victors who o’ercame;
St0ill they mark each warrior’s way;
All with one clear voice exclaim,
“Watch and pray.”
[5] Hear, above all, hear thy Lord,
Him thou lovest to obey;
Hide within thy heart His Word,
“Watch and pray.”
HYMN 73
THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD
[1]
The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want,
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green: He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.
[2] My soul He doth restore again
And me to walk doth make
Within the path of righteousness,
E’en for his own name sake.
[3] Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear no ill:
For Thou art with me, and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still
.[4] My table Thou hast furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.
[5] Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me
And in God’s house forever more
My dwelling place shall be.
HYMN 74
JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL
[1]
Other refuse have I none,
Hang my helpless soul on Thee
Leave, ah! Leave me not alone
Still support and comfort me
All my trust on Thee is stayed
All my help from Thee I bring
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing.
[2]
Jesus, lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bossom fly,
While the nearer water roll,
While the tempest still is high;
Hide me, o my Saviour hide
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into Thy haven guide,
O, receive my soul at last
[1]
Go labour on; spend and be spent,
Thy joy to do the Father’s will;
It is the way the Master went,
Should not the servant tread it still?
[2]
Go labour on ‘tis not for naught,
Thy earthly loss is heavenly gain;
Men heed thee, love thee, praise thee not;
The Master praises, what are men?
[3]
Go labour on, while it is day,
The world’s dark night is hastening on;
Speed, speed the work, cast sloth away;
It is not thus that souls are won.
HYMN 76
HARK! HARK, MY SOUL! ANGELIC SONGS ARE SWELLING
[1]
Hark! Hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling,
O’er earth’s green fields and ocean’s wave-beat shore:
How sweet the truth those blessed strains are telling
Of that new life when sin shall be no more.
Refrain
Angels of Jesus, angels of light,
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night!
[2] Onward we go, for still we hear them singing,
Come, weary souls, for Jesus bids you come,
And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing,
The music of the Gospel leads us home.
[3] Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing,
The voice of Jesus sounds o’er land and sea;
And laden souls by thousands meekly stealing,
Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee.
[4] Rest comes at length; though life be long and dreary,
This day must dawn and darksome night be past;
Faith’s journey ends in welcomes to the weary,
And heaven, the heart’s true home, will come at last
[5] Angels, sing on, your faithful watches keeping;
Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above;
Till morning’s joy shall end the night of weeping,
And life’s long shadows break in cloudless love..
[1]
Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear;
But with joy, wend your way.
Though hard to you life’s journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
God’s hand of love shall be your guide,
And all your needs he will provide;
His pow’r shall every foe dispel,
All is well, all is well.
[2]
What though the path you tread be rough and steep?
Have no fear, he is near.
His mighty arm unto the end will keep;
Soon his call you shall hear
Then follow, and fresh courage take;
For God his own will ne’er forsake,
Till in his presence they shall dwell;
All is well, all is well.
[3]
God hath prepared a glorious Home above
Round His throne for His own
Where they may rest forever in His love,
Toil and tears all unknown
There they shall sing eternal praise
To him who save them by His grace
Through heaven’s counts the song shall swell
All is well, All is well.
HYMN 78
I AM BUT A STRANGER HERE
[1]
I am but a stranger here
Heaven is my home
Earth is a desert drear
Heaven is my home
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand
Heaven is my Fatherland
Heaven is my home
[2]
What though the tempest rage
Heaven is my home
Short is my pilgrimage
Heaven is my home
And things wild wintry blast
Soon will be overpassed
I shall reach home at last
Heaven is my home
[3]
There at my Saviour’s side
Heaven is my home
I shall be glorified
Heaven is my home
There are the good and blest
Those I love most and best
And there I too shall rest
Heaven is my home
[4]
Therefore I murmur not
Heaven is my home
Whate’er my earthly lot
Heaven is my home
And I shall surely stand
There at my Lord’s right hand
Heaven is my Fatherland
Heaven is my home
HYMN 79
O SACRED HEAD, SORE WOUNDED
[1]
O sacred head sore wounded,
With grief and shame weigh down,
Now scornfully surrounded
With thorns, Thy only crown:
How pale Thou art with anguish,
With sore abuse and scorn!
How does that visage languish
Which once was bright as morn!
[2]
Thou, my Lord, has suffered
Was all for sinners gain;
Mine, mine was the transgression,
But Thine the deadly pain.
Lo, here I fall, my Saviour!
“Tis I deserve Thy place;
Look on me with Thy favour,
Vouchsafe to me Thy grace.
HYMN 80
SWEET SACRAMENT DIVINE
[1]
Sweet sacrament divine,
Hid in Your earthly home,
Lo! Round Your lowly shrine,
With suppliant hearts we come,
Jesus, to you our voice we raise,
In songs of love and heartfelt praise,
Sweet sacrament divine (2x)
[2]
Sweet sacrament of peace,
Dear home of every heart,
Where restless yearning cease,
And sorrows all depart,
There in Your ear, all trustfully
We tell our tale of misery,
Sweet sacrament divine (2x)
[3]
Sweet sacrament of rest,
Ark from the ocean’s roar,
Within Your shelter blest,
Soon may we reach the shore,
Save us, for still the tempest rage;
Save lest we sink beneath the waves;
Sweet sacrament divine (2x)
HYMN 81
THE STRIFE IS O’ER, THE BATTLE DONE
[1]
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
The strife is o’er, the battle done;
Now is the victor’s triumph won;
Now be the song of praise begun
Alleluia!
[2]
The powers of death have done their worst,
But Christ their legion hath dispersed,
Let shouts of holy joy outburst
Alleluia!
[3]
The three sad days have quickly sped,
He rises glorious from the dead;
All glory to our risen Head
Alleluia!
[4]
He broke the age bound chains of hell;
The bars from heaven’s high portals fell;
Let hymns of praise his triumph tell
Alleluia!
[5]
Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee,
From deaths dread sting Thy servants free,
That we may live, and sing to Thee
Alleluia!
HYMN 82
WE’RE MARCHING TO ZION
[1]
Come, ye that love the Lord,
And let your joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,(2x)
And thus surround the throne,(2x)
Refrain
We’re marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We’re marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
[2]
Let those refuse to sing,
Who never knew our God;
But servants of the heavenly King,(2x)
May speak their joys abroad.(2x)
[3]
The God that rules on high,
That all the earth surveys,
Who rides upon the stormy sky,(2x)
And calms the roaring seas.(2x)
[4]
This awful God is ours,
Our Father and our Love;
He will send down his heav’nly powers,(2x)
To carry us above. (2x)
[5]
There we shall see His face,
And never, never sin!
There, from the rivers of His grace,(2x)
Drink endless pleasures in.(2x)
HYMN 83
JESUS GRANT ME THIS I PRAY
[1]
Jesus grant me this I pray,
Ever in Your heart to stay;
Let me ever more abide
Hidden in Your wounded side.
[2]
If the evil one prepare,
Or the world a tempting snare,
I am safe when I abide
In Your heart and wounded side.
[3]
If the flesh, more dangerous still,
Tempt my soul to deeds of ill,
Naught I fear when I abide
In Your heart and wounded side.
[4]
Death would come one day to me;
Jesus cast me not from You:
Dying let me still abide
In Your heart and wounded side.
HYMN 84
SPIRIT DIVINE ATTEND OUR PRAYERS
[1]
Spirit divine attend our prayers,
And make this house Thy home;
Descend with all Thy gracious powers,
O come, Great Spirit come!
[2]
Come as the light to us reveal
Our emptiness and woe;
And lead us in those paths of life
Where all the righteous go.
[3]
Come as the fire and purge our hearts
Like sacrificial flame;
Let our whole soul an offering be
To our redeemer’s name.
[4]
Come as the dew and sweetly bless
This consecrated hour;
May barrenness rejoice to own
Thy fertilizing power.
[5]
Come as the dove and spread Thy wings,
The wings of peaceful love;
And let Thy church on earth become
Blest as the Church above.
HYMN 85
GOD OF MERCY AND COMPASSION
[1]
God of mercy and compassion,
Look with pity upon me;
Father let me call you Father,
‘Tis Your child returns to You,
Refrain
Jesus Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins I now detest them.
Never will I sin again.
[2]
By my sin I have deserved
Death and endless misery;
Hell with all its pains and torments
And for all eternity.
[3]
By my sins I have abandoned
Right and claim to heaven above,
Where the saints rejoice forever,
In a boundless sea of love.
HYMN 86
I AM NOT WORTHY, HOLY LORD
[1]
I am not worthy, holy Lord
That Thou should come to me;
Speak but a word; one gracious word
Can set the sinner free.
[2]
I am not worthy cold and bare
The longing of my soul
How canst Thou deign to enter there?
Lord, speak and make me whole.
[3]
O come in this sweet morning hour
Feed me with food divine
And fill with all Thy love and power
This worthless heart of mine. Amen
HYMN 87
HUSHED WAS THE EVENING HYMN
[1]
Hushed was the evening hymn
The temple courts were dark,
The lamp was burning dim
Before the sacred ark,
When suddenly a voice divine
Rang through the silence of the shrine.
[2]
The old man, meek and mild,
The priest of Israel, slept;
His watch the temple child,
The little Levite, kept;
And what from Eli’s sense was sealed
The Lord to Hannah’s son revealed.
[3]
O give me Samuel’s ear,
The open ear, O Lord,
Alive and quick to hear
Each whisper of Thy word;
Like him to answer at Thy call,
And to obey Thee first of all
HYMN 88
THOU, WHOSE MIGHTY WORD
[1]
Hushed was the evening hymn
The temple courts were dark,
The lamp was burning dim
Before the sacred ark,
When suddenly a voice divine
Rang through the silence of the shrine.
[2]
The old man, meek and mild,
The priest of Israel, slept;
His watch the temple child,
The little Levite, kept;
And what from Eli’s sense was sealed
The Lord to Hannah’s son revealed.
[3]
O give me Samuel’s ear,
The open ear, O Lord,
Alive and quick to hear
Each whisper of Thy word;
Like him to answer at Thy call,
And to obey Thee first of all
HYMN 89
I GAVE MY LIFE FOR THEE
[1]
I gave my life for Thee;
My precious blood I shed,
That thou might’st ransom’d be,
And quicken’d from the dead,
I gave My life for thee;
What hast thou given for Me?
[2]
My Father’s house of light,
My glory circled throne,
I left for earthly night,
For wand’rings sad and lone.
I left it all for thee;
Hast thou left aught for Me?
[3]
I suffered much for thee;
More than thy tongue can tell,
Of bitt’rest agony,
To rescue thee from hell,
I suffered much for thee;
What canst thou bear for Me?
[4]
I spent long years for thee,
In weariness and woe,
That an eternity of joy thou mightest know,
I spent long years for thee;
Hast thou spent one for Me?
HYMN 90
ALMIGHTY MAKER OF MY FRAME
[1]
Almighty Maker of my frame!
Teach me the measure of my days,
Teach me to know how frail I am,
And spend the remnant to Thy praise.
[2]
My days are shorter than a span,
A little point my life appears;
How frail at best is dying man!
How vain are all his hopes and fears!
[3]
Vain his ambition, noise and show;
Vain are the cares which rack his mind;
He heaps up treasures mixed with woe,
And dies and leaves them all behind.
[4]
O be a nobler portion mine!
My God, I bow before Thy throne;
Earth’s fleeting treasures I resign,
And fix my hope on Thee alone.